League gets August kick-off date

The kick-off date has been announced for the 2015/16 season of the Kilkenny & District League.

The kick-off date has been announced for the 2015/16 season of the Kilkenny & District League.

The opening games of the new campaign will be held on Wednesday, August 19, with the first round of the Maher Shield taking place.

The all-League competition also kicked off local soccer last season. Evergreen A took the spoils in the end, beating Thomastown United A in the final thanks to Jason Quan’s extra-time winner.

Following that, Thomastown United A will begin the defence of their Premier Division league title when the opening round of both the top flight and Division One are held on Sunday, August 23.

Local games will continue the following week, with further Maher Shield games on Wednesday, August 26. Clubs are reminded that, in the event of games finishing level after 90 minutes, matches will go straight to penalties.

There will be another round of Premier and Division One league games on Sunday, August 30.

The League is also looking at setting up a women’s seven-a-side league for the forthcoming season. Clubs interested in entering teams are asked to contact John Corrigan, tel 086-3270992.

If you wish, you can contact us using any of the methods below: Kilkenny People,High Street,KilkennyEmail: editor@kilkennypeople.ieTelephone: 056 7791000

This website and its associated newspaper are full participating members of the Press Council of Ireland and supports the Office of the Press Ombudsman. This scheme in addition to defending the freedom of the press, offers readers a quick, fair and free method of dealing with complaints that they may have in relation to articles that appear on our pages. To contact the Office of the Press Ombudsman go to www.pressombudsman.ie or www.presscouncil.ie Kilkenny People provides news, events and sport features from the Kilkenny area. For the best up to date information relating to Kilkenny and the surrounding areas visit us at Kilkenny People regularly or bookmark this page.